MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	42.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	192% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '16 at 14:59
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 743 79% 632 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1035.1001 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.9% Average	Lighting 50.2 Reflection 66.9 Parallax 69.2 41% 62.1 fps	MRender 67.1 Gravity 50 Splatting 55.2 47% 57.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 21GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2260 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1669 (B1) Unknown 95 95 60 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 122 (EB) Unknown 99 99 406 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9444742353	68.2% Good	Read 503 Write 99 Mixed 86.8 49% 230 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 10.9 114% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 28.2 73% 161 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 73%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,920 Write 582 Mixed 749 235% 1,084 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 46.6 211% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 547 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 152 168% 295 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 243%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 73GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 140277999 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1131 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9079608 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 817 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 731 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 588972067 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 16 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10098 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 64424509475 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 47 140277999 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	26.8% Poor	Read 49 Write 44.6 Mixed 44.9 35% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.18 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.18 38% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 43%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 53GB free Firmware: 0002LVM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 10525416 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1249 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 4321869275 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 654 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 452 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 572194850 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 352 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5985 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 81604378658 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	32.5% Below average	Read 52.1 Write 61.2 Mixed 56 42% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.1 30% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2800 C16 Series 2x8GB 1,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 28.2 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 29.2 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 99%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,762 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,434x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	628x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	530x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $577

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16